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How to figure out percentage?

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divide them, you will get the percentage in decimal form

Well, you know, random ethnic guys in athletic uniforms is always a possible outcome when doing maths. Why, just yesterday, I was trying to sum the forces in a truss bridge, when a random Asian guy in basketball clothing flew out of the pages. It's crazy stuff.

Honestly it's much less of an issue now that calculators aren't limited to those tiny LCD screens, Shaq O'Neal barely fitted onto my little Casio pocket calculator.

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<P>Can someone give me the answer please? And explain the method of how they got it?</P>

Edited by Mystery_of_GodST

Never mind, found it out.

 

You take the small number, divide it by the bigger number and multiply by 100% giving you the exact percentage.

 

1.08%

But it's not always "the smaller" divided by "the larger". If your regular pay is $641, and one week you work extra and earn $857, what percentage of your regular pay did you earn?

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I don't know, I'm concerned with the percentage of the numbers I mentioned above

 

and I'm getting I think 1.108%? Correct?

 

 

 

Lol.

 

I want my money!

 

Rates, down, up?

 

 

Edited by Mystery_of_GodST

If the initial quantity is X and the new quantity is Y,

 

then the ratio of difference between X and Y = ( Y / X ) * 100 %

 

and the ratio of the advancement of Y over X = (Y - X)/X * 100 %

 

so if X = 100, and Y = 150,

 

Y:X = Y/X * 100 = 150/100 * 100 % = 1.5 * 100 = 150%, means Y is 150% of X

(Y-X):X = (Y-X)/X * 100 = 50/100 * 100 % = 0.5 * 100 = 50%, means The Raise was 50% of the original Quantity

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